Annemiek van Vleuten states the Tour de France Femmes is “alive” immediately after winning the party atop the Super Planche des Belles Filles.
Van Vleuten claims she experienced “goosebumps” as she approached the finish line.
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“Unbelievable to earn on La Planche with so quite a few men and women,” the Dutchwoman claimed in her podium speech.
“The Tour des Femmes is alive. All week it has been excellent.
“Thank you pretty much to the organisers to get this back again on the calendar.
“It is been enormously organised and the community have designed it even much more exclusive and everyone subsequent on television.
“I experienced goosebumps to trip up in right here yellow. It can be definitely specific and I am guaranteed it is really the get started of numerous yrs of Tour de France Femmes.”
Van Vleuten states it is a “milestone” minute in her job to win the initially Tour de France Femmes and hopes the race will carry on to expand.
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“It was not an straightforward phase or 7 days,” she said in her post-race job interview.
“It’s been a super, major rollercoaster and even right now it was not straightforward. Finishing here in yellow solo is the ideal way.
“I’m super very pleased to be the initially winner of the Tour de France for the ladies. To have it again on the calendar and then all over again the initial girl to get it in this new model. I hope it truly is a big start off for additional and I hope it can build to a more substantial celebration.
“It is really a milestone to gain this very first model of this and hopefully we will have way more situations like this.
“Now it all can sink in and lastly we can truly get pleasure from it. Yesterday, was an unbelievable day but I even now want to continue to keep the aim, I failed to want to celebrate presently.
“I can lastly have only ice cream and pizza tonight and rejoice.
“From time to time with my group-mates we do not consider enough time to rejoice. Tonight I can celebrate devoid of thinking about tomorrow.”
Van Vleuten conquers Tremendous Planche to cement historic Tour de France Femmes win
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Source: Euro Sports
